Sustainable poverty reduction in less-favoured areas / edited by R. Ruben, J. Pender and A. Kuyvenhoven.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruben, Ruerd.

Pender, John.

Kuyvenhoven, Arie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Developing countries.

Sustainable development.

Developing countries.

Agricultural development projects--Developing countries.

Agricultural development projects.

Rural development--Developing countries.

Rural development.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

xii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2007]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Less-favoured areas with limited agricultural potential and difficult access conditions support 40% of the world's rural population suffering from chronic poverty. While agricultural innovations and rural development programmes have begun to be implemented within developing countries, they do not address the specific obstacles faced by this large population. Instead, a targeted approach is needed to identify different resource management strategies for particular types of households and communities as well as creating balanced investments aimed at sustainable intensification of rural livelihoods.

Such efforts have been the focus of the research programme on Regional Food Security Policies for Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Economies (RESPONSE). Through the study of less-favoured areas in Africa, Latin America and South-east Asia, development pathways allowing for the careful adjustment of resource use strategies at the field, farm-household and village levels are explored. Contributing to a currently under-represented area of research within the growing concern of poverty reduction in developing countries, this text will be a valuable resource for researchers and students as well as policy makers and economists.

Contents:

1 Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured Areas: Problems, Options and Strategies / Ruerd Ruben, John Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven 1

Part I Development Strategies for Poor People in Less-favoured Areas 63

2 Designing and Evaluating Alternatives for More Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Less-favoured Areas / Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, Herman van Keulen, Ken E. Giller 65

3 Dimensions of Vulnerability of Livelihoods in Less-favoured Areas: Interplay Between the Individual and the Collective / Johan Brons, Ton Dietz, Anke Niehof, Karen Witsenburg 91

4 Market Imperfections / Nazneen Ahmed, Jack Peerlings, Aad van Tilburg 111

Part II Resource Management Options 133

5 Soil Nutrient Dynamics in Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands / Assefa Abegaz, Herman van Keulen 135

6 Rural Development and Sustainable Land Use in the Hillsides of Honduras / Hans G.P. Jansen, John Pender, Amy Damon, Willem Wielemaker, Rob Schipper 159

7 Resource Use Efficiency on Own and Sharecropped Plots in Northern Ethiopia: Determinants and Implications for Sustainability / Girmay Tesfay, Ruerd Ruben, John Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven 181

Part III Livelihoods and Food Security 203

8 Food Security Through the Livelihoods Lens: an Integrative Approach / Julieta R. Roa 205

9 Changing Gender Roles in Household Food Security and Rural Livelihoods in Bangladesh / Ahmed Ali, Anke Niehof 228

10 Does Social Capital Matter in Vegetable Markets? The Social Capital of Indigenous Agricultural Communities in the Philippines: Socio-cultural Implications and Consequences for Local Vegetable Trade / Aimee Milagrosa, Louis Slangen 248

Part IV Markets and Institutional Development 271

11 Making Markets Work for the Poor: the Challenge in the Age of Globalization / Eleni Z. Gabre-Madhin 273

12 Market Access, Agricultural Productivity and Allocative Efficiency in the Banana Sector of Uganda / Fred Bagamba, Kees Burger, Ruerd Ruben, Arie Kuyvenhoven 301

13 Land and Labour Market Participation Decisions under Imperfect Markets: a Case Study in North-east Jiangxi Province, China / Shuyi Feng, Nico Heerink, Ruerd Ruben 328

14 Land and Labour Allocation Decisions in the Shift from Subsistence to Commercial Agriculture / Moti Jaleta, Cornelis Gardebroek 354

15 Effects of Deregulation of the Rice Market on Farm Prices in China: a Marketing Channel Model / Le Chen, Jack Peerlings 375

16 Consequences of the Abolition of the Multi-fibre Arrangement Import Quotas on the Apparel Industry of Bangladesh: a Computable General Equilibrium Analysis / Nazneen Ahmed, Jack Peerlings 397

Part V Strategies and Policy Priorities 419

17 Poverty Targeting with Heterogeneous Endowments: a Micro-simulation Analysis of a Less-favoured Ethiopian Village / Marijke Kuiper, Ruerd Ruben 421

18 Less-favoured Areas: Looking beyond Agriculture towards Ecosystem Services / Leslie Lipper, Prabhu Pingali, Monika Zurek 442

19 Livelihood Strategies, Policies and Sustainable Poverty Reduction in LFAs: a Dynamic Perspective / Andrew Dorward 461.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845932770

1845932773

9781845932787

1845932781

OCLC:

85162026